God’s Call To Revival - God’s Prophetic Revelations

To Zerubbabel and Jeshua the vision was for them to be conduits to bless God’s people. Look at what the angel said in verse 14.

“These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth.” (Zechariah 4:14 NKJV)

“Anointed ones” literally means, “Sons of oil.” They were set apart by God to be God’s representatives to the people pouring out His blessings.

As I look at this I see part of God’s call for each one of us. That we would be those conduits of the Holy Spirit reaching out and blessing all we come in contact with, beginning with the good news of Jesus Christ.

If I were to capsulize this, I’d say that when we rely upon our own power to accomplish these God given tasks, without the supply of the Holy Spirit, then we’ll just burn out.

Let me give you a keeper statement that helps explain this whole point.

God’s work done Gods’ way will never lack God’s provision or power.

The Lord emphasizes this in verse 7 when He said, “Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain!” (Zechariah 4:7a NKJV)

When we set out into God’s calling, mountains of resistance will rise up, like what happened to the Jews once they returned and the obstacles they faced not only in rebuilding the temple, but the wall as well.

But when we get verse six deep down in our souls and spirits, that is, our accomplishments are and can never be through our power and might, but rather they can only happen in and through the Holy Spirit, that is when these mountains will come down.

The last prophetic insight is…

4 Don’t Despise Small Things

“For who has despised the day of small things?” (Zechariah 4:10a NKJV)

This is what we see also happening for the Israelites when they left their Egyptian captivity and were on their way to possess the Promised Land.

The Lord said, “Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land.” (Exodus 23:30 NKJV)

The Lord said He would send His fear before them to cause the enemy confusion. This wasn’t to produce a mass exodus, but a slow one, and the reason is because immediate vacation of the land would do more harm than good, because the Israelites couldn’t possess it all at one time.

God’s desire is to revive us today. And while God can blow our socks off by rending the heavens and coming down in instantaneous revival, He usually does it through small steps.

The reason God gives a little bit at a time is because we’re incapable of inheriting it fully. So He gives it little by little so we can grow and increase until God makes the next piece available.

Therefore, let’s not despise the small things or small beginnings. These are preparations for something greater God has in store. Jesus said that those who are faithful over the few or little things will be ruler over many (Matthew 25:23).

Conclusion

And so the message is clear in God’s call to revival.

We need to stop making excuses and start giving careful thought to our ways. We need to set our priorities in accordance with God’s word and not in accordance to the dictates of our hearts.